name
Meaning 1
A male given name.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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Standard Lemma guide
dow
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/daʊ/
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rhymes with -aʊ
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CMU ARPABET: D AW1 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A surname transferred from the given name.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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name
Meaning 3
Dow Jones average
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: business, finance
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name
Meaning 4
An unincorporated community in Jersey County, Illinois, United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
Meaning 5
An unincorporated community in Perry County, Kentucky, United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
Meaning 6
Initialism of United States Department of War.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Topics: government, military, politics, war
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Synonyms: USDOD, DOD
Antonyms: none provided
name
Meaning 7
Alternative form of DOW.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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noun
Meaning 8
Alternative form of dhow (“sailing vessel”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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noun
Meaning 9
Obsolete form of dove (“pigeon”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, obsolete
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noun
Meaning 10
Alternative form of dah (“Burmese knife”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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noun
Meaning 11
Obsolete form of dough
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, countable, obsolete, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 12
Initialism of day of the week
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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noun
Meaning 13
Initialism of department of war.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Topics: government, military, politics, war
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: DOD, MOD, MOW
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 14
To be worth.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Northern-England, dialectal, obsolete
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verb
Meaning 15
To thrive, prosper.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Northern-England, dialectal, obsolete
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verb
Meaning 16
To furnish with a dower; to endow.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
Etymology
Variant of Daw from David or daw, and of Duff from Scottish Gaelic.
Abbreviation.
From Middle English douen, from Old English dugan, from Proto-West Germanic *dugan, from Proto-Germanic *duganą.
From Middle English dowen, from Old French douer, from Latin dōtō.